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...what about the bona fide stories on FieldReport? How good are they? "It's such a combination," Petty said. "Unlike The New Yorker, where you have a certain style and standard, here the judging process is much more emotional. In some cases, the judges respond to the reality of the story; in other cases, they respond to really great writing." The winner of the July grand prize, as well as of category prizes in both July and October, was a letter carrier from Portland, Ore., named Murr Brewster, whose folksy commentary on low-rise jeans and other fashion trends...
When Banaji, along with cognitive neuroscientist Liz Phelps of New York University, conducted brain scans of subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging, they uncovered the reasons for the results. White subjects respond with greater activation of the amygdala--a region that processes alarm--when shown images of black faces than when shown images of white faces. "One of the amygdala's critical functions is fear-conditioning," says Phelps. "You attend to things that are scary because that's essential for survival." Later studies have shown similar results when black subjects look at white faces...
...begins with MURS’ solution to all of America’s ailments: “Love one another / Realize there’s no difference.” However, MURS’ indignation at being branded a sellout takes over before long. He goes on to respond to the haters accusing him of abandoning the underground sensibility by listing his accomplishments in the scene—for starters, he created a music festival and survived a decade outside the mainstream. MURS adds, “I could have done a Nas and screamed hip-hop is dead...
...Keep an eye on Ukraine" has become something of a refrain for Senator John McCain, who warns darkly that the former Soviet republic may be the next victim of Moscow's efforts to squelch plucky little democracies on its doorstep. McCain urges that the U.S. respond by doing whatever it can to speed Ukraine's accession to membership in NATO. But Ukrainian democracy has a way of muddying the picture. On Wednesday, President Viktor Yushchenko, a strong U.S. ally and champion of NATO membership, called a snap parliamentary election, following the collapse of his ruling coalition last month. Questions...
...Harvard Crimson, Oct. 3). The team members were chosen individually by audition tape, so FM decided to test their family togetherness by asking Harvard-themed Family Feud-style questions to see if their projections of what a group of 100 randomly-polled Harvard students might respond correspond with one another...